It has been a profitable three days. In the time to knit a…

Some persons are so inclined to mortify themselves that at every opportunity they have, they do so. What a beautiful practice this is, and…

— Alphonsus Rodriguez

Cities need old buildings so badly it is probably impossible for vigorous streets and districts to grow without them… for really new ideas of…

— Jane Jacobs

Poverty is curable, but it’s just not done, because it's not profitable. And that is the kind of violence that's perpetuated on humanity.

— Tom Morello

For Scripture is the school of the Holy Spirit, in which, as nothing is omitted that is both necessary and useful to know, so…

— John Calvin

The company must be profitable. Preferably it will have increased its earnings for the past five years and there will have been no deficits…

— Peter Cundill

“There is nothing more profitable than the extreme avant garde.”

— Silvia Hartmann

“The investments we make in ourselves will always deliver the most profitable returns.”

— Sumner Davenport

“any experience is profitable if you allow it to be, all actions are profitable, no matter how badly you may suffer from them.”

— William Goldman

The goose that lays golden eggs has been considered a most valuable possession. But even more profitable is the privilege of taking the golden…

— Louis D. Brandeis

You can no longer buy commodities at Merrill Lynch. My guess is many analysts and even executives are too young to know how profitable…

— Jim Rogers

I resolve to live with all my might while I do live. I resolve never to lose one moment of time and to improve…

— Jonathan Edwards

Sustainability: It's the right thing to do, it's the smart thing to do, it's the profitable thing to do.

— Hunter Lovins

News may not be very profitable anymore, but it sure is popular.

— Ari Melber

The privilege of ruling would be in the hands of the skilled and the learned, with a wide scope left for profitable crooked deals…

— Mikhail Bakunin

I think regular Iowans are cynical of this whole idea of corporate welfare, with the biggest awards going to the most profitable companies. It…

— David F. Swensen